The American Academy of Pediatrics has doubled down on its recommendations against spanking and other forms of corporal punishment for children — and CNN faced immediate backlash for reporting the guidelines. The pediatricians’ group...

Marc Short, the former White House Director of Legislative Affairs for President Donald Trump, complained on Monday that not enough attention is being paid to former President Barack Obama’s supposedly incendiary campaign rhetoric —...

Ryan Bundy’s long-shot gubernatorial campaign could peel off just enough votes to tip the Nevada election to a Democrat for the first time in 24 years. Steve Sisolak, chairman of the Clark County Commission, has been gaining ground on...

Soybean farmers in North Dakota are experiencing significant economic hurt thanks to President Donald Trump’s trade war, and some of them aren’t sure their ability to trade with China will ever be fully restored. The New York Times...

For many Americans, Tuesday’s congressional midterm elections are a referendum on President Donald Trump’s divisive persona, hardline policies and pugnacious politics. But at a Trump rally on Sunday in a crowded airport hangar in Macon, Georgia,...

Explaining consciousness is one of the hardest problems in science and philosophy. Recent neuroscientific discoveries suggest that a solution could be within reach – but grasping it will mean rethinking some familiar ideas. Consciousness, I...

President Donald Trump has doubled down and doubled down on stoking paranoid fantasies about an immigrant “invasion” — and Republicans are increasingly concerned he’ll cost them the midterm election. Some House...

Kris Kobach, the Republican candidate for Kansas governor who boasts close ties to the Trump administration, has accepted money from white nationalists for more than a decade. Financial disclosure records show Kobach, a strong influence on GOP...

Donald Trump sells himself as a man’s man. When Trump projects old-fashioned male power full of aggression and swagger, he gratifies his culturally conservative base, both men and women. Democratic politicians, by contrast, rarely discuss...

The recent walkout by thousands of Google employees at offices around the world was the first protest of its kind by well-paid and benefit-rich high-tech workers. The collective action was triggered by a report that their employer had awarded...

Early Friday afternoon, on the last day of early voting, Jacque Callanen strutted out of the Bexar County Elections Department with a noticeable pep in her step and a smile on her face, her red, white and blue American flag slip-on shoes...

The Republican candidate in Georgia’s governor’s race, who also oversees the state’s elections, accused Democrats on Sunday of trying to hack voter registration systems, a move analysts said highlighted the inherent conflict between his twin...